Archive for March, 2009

BE CDT day @ West Wilts with Clare Turner MSc, BHSII SM

Posted on March 5th, 2009

As a late Christmas present to myself in January I entered a BE CDT DAY @ West Wilts. The day was hosted by BE accredited trainer Clare Turner, and started with course/line walks, then a mounted lesson where we put what we had walked on the flat into practise. After lunch we discussed fitness, balance, [...]

Charles Owen – protecting what’s left up top!

Posted on March 3rd, 2009

In response to my sponsorship request the nice people at Charles Owen have sent me 2 new hats! (these will help in protecting my few remaining brain cells!!!) They have given me the new this spring PRO II skull in silver, and the Hampton black velvet. I tested out the PRO II xc schooling the [...]

Starting to get somewhere with our sjing

Posted on March 1st, 2009

We went to Sparsholt to do 1 or 2 clear rounds and a class of unaff SJ so that we could put our new brakes, and past lessons into practise. The Pelham was a little too strong on Saturday, so I loosened the curb chain and put it in a little sheepskin tube, and this [...]